Sean Gaffney ([info]seangaffney) wrote,
@ 2007-08-28 05:54:00
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Current mood: determined
Current music:Tori Amos - Crucify
Entry tags:tori amos

Tori Amos 'n Andy?
So, I've tended lately towards listening to burned CDs of huge discographies. Neil Young, Pearl jam, TMBG, etc. - just load all their albums on one or more mp3 CDs and go to it.

Next on my list is Tori Amos, who I know some of my flist are inordinately fond of (Hi, Ysa!). I dunno why I've never really listened to much of her - certainly her first two albums were hugely popular when I was at college - but for me it's pretty much been 'Silent All These Years' and her Nirvana and Anita Ward covers (she's one of the rare cover artists who needs to bump the original UP several steps to fit her range, on 'Ring My Bell').

So, I burned about 5 albums and will be listening to those - Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, Boys for Pele, From the Choirgirl Hotel, and To Venus and Back. Boys for Pele apparently has two versions, the one I'm listening to has no remixes on it.

I debated starting with Y Kant Tori Read, out of pure bullheaded chronologicalness, but came to my senses.

I'll likely update the LJ with what I think. I suspect I'll be pleased, as Tori's not too far away from Kate Bush, who I've always liked. Amusingly, apparently her newest single has been banned from some stations for the word "MILF" featuring prominently. Actually, looking at the wikipedia pages, it appears her singles tend to be banned a lot. ^^;;




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[info]hysteriachan
2007-08-28 10:45 am UTC (link)
Hi, Sean! ^^

Ah, Boys For Pele. Brave man. I love most of the album now, but that's the one that took literally years for me to get into. (Although some people love it instantly and wholeheartedly, so YMMV.) IMO you're not missing anything by now having the Widow remixes (if they're on some version, I can't remember), but I quite like the Tornado mix of Talula.

As for covers, I think they're mostly good, but when she does a bad one it's amazingly bad. Which isn't surprising, given how thoroughly she takes songs over. ^^

(And finally, I read an interview yesterday that included her describing her parents asking what MILF meant. *g*)

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[info]oneplusme
2007-08-28 04:49 pm UTC (link)
The dance remixes inflicted upon later copies of BfP are (IMO) truly hideous. The album itself is wonderful, though.

(I'd heard that all that was changed in that version of Talula was a bit of the intro... Not having heard the original, sadly, I can't compare.)

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[info]hysteriachan
2007-08-28 09:04 pm UTC (link)
Here's the original, if you'd like. (Change the 'xx' in the link to 'tt'.) It's mostly the beginning and the end, but I think there might be some remixing going on during the main song--I haven't listened to them back to back to check.

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[info]oneplusme
2007-08-28 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Ooh. Thank'ee kindly.

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